02748nam 2200589Ia 450 991077925730332120200520144314.00-87013-914-2(CKB)2550000000104210(EBL)1742370(SSID)ssj0000685853(PQKBManifestationID)11481307(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000685853(PQKBWorkID)10731480(PQKB)10194343(OCoLC)607902482(MdBmJHUP)muse20005(Au-PeEL)EBL3338271(CaPaEBR)ebr10571172(MiAaPQ)EBC3338271(EXLCZ)99255000000010421020040709d2004 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGreeks in Michigan[electronic resource] /Stavros K. FrangosEast Lansing Michigan State University Pressc20041 online resource (94 p.)Discovering the peoples of MichiganDescription based upon print version of record.0-87013-679-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-77) and index.Contents; Greece and the American Imagination; The Greek War of Independence: The 1821 Detroit Press Coverage; Going to the "Ksentia": The Mass Migration, 1891-1921; Greek Communities in Michigan; Public Presentations of Ethnicity; The Man with the Branded Hand; American-Greek Society in Michigan, 2001 and Beyond; Notes; For Further Reference; Index The influence of Greek culture on Michigan began long before the first Greeks arrived. The American settlers of the Old Northwest Territory had definite notions of Greeks and Greek culture. America and its developing society and culture were to be the ""New Athens,"" a locale where the resurgence in the values and ideals of classical Greece were to be reborn. Stavros K. Frangos describes how such preconceptions and the competing desires to retain heritage and to assimilate have shaped the Greek experience in Michigan. From the padrone system to the church communities, Greek institutDiscovering the peoples of Michigan.Greek AmericansMichiganHistoryGreek AmericansMichiganSocial conditionsMichiganEthnic relationsMichiganSocial conditionsGreek AmericansHistory.Greek AmericansSocial conditions.977.4/004893Frangos Stavros1515808MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779257303321Greeks in Michigan3751818UNINA